A generation of activists are taking up arms against Myanmar’s military

On May 27, 2021, 10 army trucks and four dark SUVs slid into Yangon’s Insein township hours before dawn.

As residents slept, more than 100 soldiers from Myanmar’s military quietly moved through the neighbourhood along the eastern banks of the Hlaing River.

When they reached Grace Oo’s apartment door, all hell broke loose.

“They broke down the door. I thought to myself, ‘I’m done.’ They can kill us,” Grace told the